News from BanksNewsTODAY - Topics from August, 2012

Sheriff, BOC chairman to be decided in Tuesday's election

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Thursday, August 9. 2012
Banks County voters will select a sheriff and board of commissioners chairman at the polls on Tuesday. The 13 polls in the county will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Candidates in the run off election are: •Board of Commission chairman — Jimmy Hooper and Ernest Rogers. •Sheriff — Clint McCoy and Carlton Speed. •State representative — ... [Full Story »] 

Edwards hired as BCES assistant principal

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Wednesday, August 8. 2012
In a called meeting on Friday afternoon, the Banks County Board of Education unanimously approved Joy Edwards as assistant principal at Banks County Elementary School. Edwards previously served as an instructional lead teacher at Banks County Middle School. In other personnel action at the called meeting, the board approved the following: ... [Full Story »] 

Habersham County youth drowns in Banks County lake

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Thursday, August 2. 2012
A 15-year-old boy swimming with two other juveniles and one adult on Thursday afternoon in the Banks County Watershed Lake has reportedly drowned. Banks County Sheriff Charles Chapman reported the body of Jobe Hart, Clarkesville, was discovered, by a dive team from Jackson County, around 7:45 p.m. approximately 15 feet from the bank of the lake ... [Full Story »] 
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